One of my Favorite Stamping Techniques.

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Today's actually my Friday so TGIS! LOL! Welcome to another Christmas Card Challenge (Week 9)! We make Christmas cards all year long to make sure we've got more than enough come Holiday season. Please join in!

Week 9's challenge is to make a card using:



One of my favorite techniques is to stamp without black lines. Sometimes, when I want something more challenging, I do this. The result is a very soft image. Perfect for a vintage-themed card, don't ya think?



The trick is to use a light-colored ink. I used Haystack from Unity Stamp. The stamp is from The Greeting Farm (A Cheeky Christmas). The papers are from Graphic 45, and the stickers are from Love Elsie. Used a spica pen for her facial features. It sure was hard to blend without my usual black lines as guides but thinking outside the box is a must for me once in awhile.

Please visit the CCC blog for more info and inspiration! Hope you have a great rest of the week, and I'll see you back here soon! :)

Baby, Baby, Baby...Oh!

(yes, that is the Justin Bieber song I'm singing, LOL!)

Hi everyone!

Hope you're all doing well. I, for one, am so glad that this week is coming to an end. It's been kind of a terrible week for me...very emotionally draining. But I'd rather not talk about it right now.

Just a quick post about this card I made for a friend and her new baby girl. Used Tiny Baby (SOG) and an old Basic Grey DPs, Jolee's stickers, and ribbon from my stash.

I am working this weekend so gotta keep this short. Hope you have a wonderful one!

Luv,



P.S. Am super jealous right now of all the people at CHA - the Craft and Hobby Association has a convention in L.A./Anaheim this weekend. One day, I'll go :). If any of you stamp company owners need volunteers, let me know.

Favorite Book Turned into a Movie at TGF.

Hello, everybody!

I barely made it, but I decided to play along with The Greeting Farm's Customer Challenge at Splitcoaststampers- "A Night at the Bookstore."

I went with the Favorite Book Turned into A Movie and went with The Help. It was my favorite book last year. And I felt that the movie did the book some justice. If you haven't read it yet, I suggest you dive into this moving tale about this historic time. Despite some challenges, these women show a great lesson in humanity. They overcame adversity through friendship and love.

I chose Nurse Anya, Cheeky Cherry Pie, and a retired stamp called Hope and Grace Laundry (i think). I altered them a bit by taking off the nurse's cap and cutting Cheeky's hair. Pardon the uneven coloring of their faces as I do not own all of the Copics to do African American faces.

And yay, I got to use my scraps! The crinkled ribbon is home made by Amy.
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In other news, have you seen how I was picked to be on the SOG Customer Showcase? I FINALLY 'won' something at SOG, LOL. And I'm very grateful to Amy, who was actually the one who chose my card. Amy, thank you so much - you are probably my biggest supporter here!! For more info on my card, see this post.

Smooches!

Christmas Card Challenge - Coloring.

Wow, can you all believe we are at the end of January already??

I sure can't. Wasn't it just Christmas yesterday? LOL!

Speaking of Christmas, I know it just passed! But it's never too early to start making those Holiday cards! What better way to get motivated and inspired than to join us weekly?

It's Week 8 over at the Christmas Card Challenges blog, and this week's challenge is:



Color with copics, colored pencils, even crayons!

Stamping an image and coloring it with my Copics is my usual card-making style. The trick was finding a stamp that was different and new for me, one that would take a lot of time to color. I finally got some nativity-themed ones, and this Sweet Nativity (Penny Black) one is from 123 Stitch.



I just love this image. They look so wholesome and cozy, and their facial expressions are right on. Love the curious animals all around. Super cute, right? :)

Hope you play along! See the CCC blog for the rules and more inspiration!

Tata!

Party in A Card

Good morning, y'all!

Am finally getting to play with some stamps I won from TGF! This card features Simply Anya. She is such a beauty and so much fun to color!

I'm playing along with A Monday Funday Recipe {TGFM16}: sentiments.

My card is super girly, no? It's for one of my BFFs who said she didn't really want to celebrate her birthday. I don't know about you, but I'm BIG on celebrating my birthday. I mean, how often do we, as women, celebrate ourselves?? (sorry, don't mean to alienate the male readers out there). It's the one day of the year you can claim as your own. So what did I do for my friend here? Why, I went ALL OUT of course! :)

I call it "Party in a Card." Tee hee!

XO,


P.S. Most of the supplies are from House of 3s from Pink Paislee (the polka dotted paper was actually part of the packaging, the tag with flower on top, the cake sticker, the banner with sentiment, and the paper with numbers). The rest are from my stash. I colored her with Copics and stamped her using Memento Ink.